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TIL that autopilot was first invented in 1912
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TIL the disclaimer that now appears at the end of every American film, (“The preceding was a work of fiction, any similarity to a living person etc.”) first appeared because Rasputin’s assassin Felix Yusupov successfully sued MGM for libel against his wife in the movie “Rasputin and the Empress”
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TIL of Howard Hill, considered by many to be the greatest archer of all time. In 1938 he made the most iconic archery shot in literature: Robin Hood splitting a target-embedded arrow with his own. He is also the first white man to kill an elephant using only a bow and arrow.
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TIL people can hear if pouring water is hot or cold
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TIL that bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
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TIL In 1945 Frank Sinatra cancelled a $10,000 gig and traveled to Gary, Indiana to convince white high school students striking against integration to return to school. Sinatra called it “the most shameful incident in the history of American education.”